CVE-2019-11287 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-11287

RabbitMQ Web Management Plugin DoS via heap overflow

Vulnerability Description

Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason" HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious Erlang format string that will expand and consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, RabbitMQ
Vulnerable Versions:
1.16, 1.17, 3.7, 3.8

Timeline

Official Publish: November 22nd, 2019
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact